When children are sick, it is always difficult for both mother and child, especially if the child is tormented by an endless dry cough. Any hypothermia can lead to a cold, so the sooner you start treating a dry cough in a child, the easier the disease will go. This unpleasant symptom can be with acute respiratory infections, bronchitis, a foreign body entering the respiratory tract, and even with helminthic invasion. Sometimes a dry cough can accompany diseases such as sinusitis or otitis media, so you need to get an appointment not only with a pediatrician, but also with an ENT specialist. Before taking medication, it is necessary to make an accurate diagnosis, since self-medication is unacceptable. In rare cases, diagnosis is difficult due to the fact that the child may be infected with helminths, in which the development cycle passes through the lungs. In this case, it is worthwhile to undergo a comprehensive examination and identify parasites that irritate the epithelium lining the bronchial mucosa.
Cough treatment
When an accurate diagnosis is made, it is necessary to start treatment without missing medication.
If a dry
cough is noticed
in children, diagnosis should be carried out as soon as possible, since the infection can go down to the lower respiratory tract and cause the development of pneumonia. If SARS is diagnosed, then taking antibiotics makes no sense: you need to give the child fortifying vitamins,
antiviral agents and inhalation with herbal decoctions. To soften the cough, it is advisable to include mucous jelly and a plentiful drink in the baby's menu. To eliminate irritation in the nasopharynx, it is best to take special lollipops.
Treatment of dry cough in a child with bronchitis should be aimed at diluting sputum.
As soon as it becomes wet, expectorants should be taken. Many mothers, out of ignorance, begin to give their children syrups that remove sputum when the cough is dry, which can not be done in any case. First of all, it is necessary to give the child mucolytic drugs, if necessary, in conjunction with antibiotic therapy. With
difficulty breathing, as a rule, antihistamines are prescribed, and for a speedy recovery, you can resort to the help of alternative medicine, but only to those recipes that are permissible for small ones.
Folk remedies for the treatment of dry cough
To stop a cough from a child, it is better to treat according to the scheme prescribed by the pediatrician, but using some folk recipes. Licorice syrup has worked very well for thinning sputum, so the baby can be given both it and lollipops based on it. Treating a child’s dry cough with carrot juice mixed with milk will help to get rid of it quickly, especially if you add a little butter in a warm solution. All the beloved males from melted sugar, beloved in childhood, remarkably relieve the symptoms of the disease, but for children with diathesis, it is better to give such a drug in a dosed manner. Treatment of dry cough in a child must be carried out under the supervision of a specialist, otherwise uncontrolled medication can cause serious consequences.